Meaning

2 senses
  1. (US)A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.

    Stadion, Platz

    стадионstadion

    a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)

  2. (US, figuratively)The general vicinity; somewhere close; a broad approximation.

    Let’s get in the ballpark, then worry about the fine details.

    Gegend, Größenordnung

    приблизи́тельная оце́нкаpriblizítelʹnaja océnka, сре́днее по больни́цеsrédneje po bolʹníce

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Let's all go to the ballpark.

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  2. He showed me the way to the ballpark.

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  3. You can go to the ballpark on this bus.

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  4. Could you tell me how to get to the ballpark?

    deKönnen Sie mir sagen, wie man zum Baseballplatz kommt?

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  5. He hit one straight out of the ballpark.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
field:
general vicinity:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
field:
general vicinity:

Origin

From ball + park. Sense 2 related to ballpark figure.

From ball + park. Sense 2 related to ballpark figure.

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Forms

plural: ballparks
Singularballpark
Pluralballparks

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games):park
  • near to the scope or range of something:approximate range

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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